A dedicatory page to Herbert Godwin. The drawing shows the state seals of both Tennessee and Texas. The dedication states: "To Herbert Godwin Esq., Tennessee by Birth, Texan by Adoption. A Public Spirited Citizen and Lover of the Arts."

Writing to his future wife M. [Ellen] McCorkle following the Battle of Shiloh, 1st Lt. John L. Lemonds of Co. C, 5th Inf. CSA, a unit recruited largely from Henry County, notes her distress with "the depredations of the federals." Recuperating...